3.5 stars

this was entertaining and nicely twisty.
but it also dragged more than a few times where i just wanted to get somewhere and not kept trying to figure things out but finally get somewhere. 

i enjoyed the short chapters which made it very compelling to keep going. 

it was also an interesting story/plot. 

the characters where good and many of them appropriately creepy.
and i did like that Jess -i guess she could count as the main character? she is the one trying to figure out what happened- a good amount of time had no clue what to do.
not only because she never investigated before and had no clue where to even start or what to do but also because she’s in a strange country, doesn’t speak the language and struggles to figure out who she can trust. 

it was nice to see a character not just magically know what they should do and how to solve a mystery seconds after noticing something is going on. 


there were some very strange moments for me that made no logical sense to me that i don’t want to share since they would be spoilers. 
but some decisions where just stupid.

it’s a great mystery with thrilling aspects and if you want something slower moving this is a good one.

the writing is solid, the plot well done and the characters good.
the pacing has some small issues for me but i think that depends on what you go into the book looking for. 

i only ever heard that this was a thriller. 
thrillers for me is a fast moving, “what is going on” or lots of things happening kind of thing. 

this for me is definitely a mystery first and for most. 
it has moments where it gets a bit thrilling but they are very very few and far between the slower moving parts. 

so if you go into this book wanting to get a heart racing read that keeps you in the edge of your seat?
i don’t think it’s the right book for that.

if you want to figure out what is going on and how and what happened? 
this is a good book for that.